Avalanches Hit Two India Villages; 55 Die
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SRINAGAR, India — Avalanches covered two villages in the India state of Jammu and Kashmir, killing at least 55 people in two days and bringing deaths from 10 days of bad weather to more than 250, officials said Saturday.
They said they feared the toll in the state could be much higher. The United News of India news agency said earlier that the avalanches, latest in a series of disasters caused by heavy rain and snow, claimed at least 90 lives.
The 185-mile highway linking the winter capital, Jammu, with the summer capital, Srinagar, reopened Friday after being impassable for eight days.
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